Why did the XFL fail?

[Tom]

I remember the hype for it being pretty big at one time




Were the rules any different than NFL rules. I don't remember

 

[Shogun]

because they billed it as bigger hits, and bigger plays.....

but at the end of the day the level of play was much lower than the NFL so there were no bigger hits, or bigger plays.

Plus that coin toss

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nVuMorlOWc"]The XFL Scramble - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Tom]

I remember thinking the XFL was gonna be the real life version of NFL Blitz

 

[captaincharisma]

because they billed it as bigger hits, and bigger plays.....

but at the end of the day the level of play was much lower than the NFL so there were no bigger hits, or bigger plays.

Plus that coin toss

The XFL Scramble - YouTube

at the coin toss

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Because It was a WWE creation

 

[Tom]

WWE didn't exist back then

 

[captaincharisma]

 

[Tom]

we need a Rock in his prime era smiley doing the peoples eyebrow.

I'm serious

 

[Jixson]

I read this book. It was really informative to be honest.

Amazon.com: Long Bomb: How the XFL Became TV's Biggest Fiasco (9780609609927): Brett Forrest: Books

Basically it was a combination of utter failures.

From weird rule changes, to bad announcers to Vince being bat shyt crazy.
The allowing of nick names on jerseys and so on, just led to a cluster fukk on every level.

 

[Roid Jones]

I remember that crap was complete hilarity and just looked cheap as hell. He Hate Me was dope tho

 

[CJ]

Loved the scramble They should incorporate that into the CFL

 

[Mook]

Because Vince is an idiot who thinks people give a shyt about wrestling. This loser was getting like 6 million viewers a raw TOPs, yet he thought wwe name was needed

Vince is a failure outside of wrestling, including the court rooms

 

[TheBigBopper]

Because it was shyt.

 

[malbaker86]

It sucked but man I remember being AMPED for this.

Vince being able to secure a tv deal w/NBC was &

 

[I-Hate-You]

didn't market He Hate Me strong enough